I am a loyal Britax customer, and this is my 5th Britax. I bought this to harness my kids for longer. I have an XC90 and it was horrible to install. I read the manual thoroughly, I was one of the first to buy this seat receiving it on the day of launch. At that point there was no reverse belt pathway in the manual. Britax scrambled to find a way to install it and they walked me through installation on the phone (customer service is first class), my daughter is too heavy for latch (40 pounds in the XC90) so we had to put the frontier in with a reverse belt pathway, and it was a pig, but it is in rock solid. I could not put this in another car alone (say if my car was being serviced). It also does not work at all in booster mode, when you flip the underneath block it hangs too far over the seat putting her legs too close to the front seats. It is just not a good fit. I have used the frontier for a year now and just bought a monterey booster for her. We have one for my 7 year old and love it. I also loathe the twisting straps in the Britax which are thinner than any other britax straps I have come across. In the go go car line there really isn't time for me to jump out of the car and hook the straps under the arm rests so that they don't twist. I am not surprised that there were problems with the yokes as the yoke on the frontier looks the same as those on my other Britaxes yet the straps are significantly thinner. This is a wonderful car seat if it fits in your car, make sure to check it fits with latch, then the seat belt for when your child reaches 40 pounds (this limit varies with different car manufacturers so check) then make sure it fits with latch in booster mode. The frontier is extremely car specific. Get more detail about Britax Frontier Booster Car Seat Rushmore.
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